The proverbial thin veneer of civilization has never been thinner in California, as if nature has conspired to create even greater chaos than what man here has already wrought. What follows below was a fairly typical seven-day period in the land of the highest sales, fuel, and income taxes that have led to the nearly worst freeways, schools, and general infrastructure in the nation.
By abandoning virtually all its demands for serious restrictions on Iran's nuclear bomb program, the Obama administration has apparently achieved the semblance of a preliminary introduction to the beginning of a tentative framework for a possible hope of an eventual agreement with Iran.
Memory experts have argued that NBC News anchor Brian Williams' dramatic fall from grace provides a wonderful "teaching moment" to alert the public about research findings on how flawed human memories are.
Some of it is very funny. And there’s a very interesting discussion starting at 19:30 about how well he understood—and to what extent he read—the documents he disclosed.
I've been too busy to watch much of the NCAA March/April madness, but I started watching the final game tonight. When I realized that it's a private school (Duke) vs. a government school (U. of Wisconsin), I made a prediction.
Hoover fellow Ed Lazear shares his thoughts on the jobs report and how the report will influence the Fed's decision on rates. Lazear notes that the reason he pays a little bit more attention to this report is, it's not just one month, it's a series of indicators—almost all of which—are pointing in the same direction, which is down.
Hoover Fellow Richard Epstein discusses the Voting Rights Act and the recent decision by United States Supreme Court, by five-to-four—with Justice Stephen Breyer writing for the four liberal justices plus Justice Kennedy—struck down Alabama’s redistricting plan for its state Senate and House of Representatives under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff has spent every week, for over two years, answering questions about what is likely your largest financial asset — your Social Security benefits.
California is one of 20 states that currently allow vaccine exemptions based on a person’s religious beliefs or other reasons of conscience. This Wednesday, Senate Bill 277 (SB 277) begins an uphill journey through California’s legislature in an attempt to remove all vaccine exemptions, except for medical ones.
The framework deal announced last week over Iran’s nuclear program has sparked a wide-ranging discussion that has focused on its security and geostrategic ramifications.
This is part of an occasional series about the militant group Islamic State and its violent collision with the United States and others intent on halting the group’s rapid rise.
